The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-26
ON TIE rWENpY-FOBRrH.
Some Reflections Concerning the
Anniversary of the Day.


true to God and man.
The subject as stated above admits no
equivocation or departure from the
strictest rectitude. Ny neighbers' rights
must be maintained whether my inter
est is enhanced or not. This. to my
mind, is the ess nee and spirit of the
gospel of Christ; to tn send must every
honest man live and labor to maintain
against every opposition.
Taking this as foundation on which
to build, l am led to the conclusion that
my very act as a citizen of the United
D ates to conform to the demands that
are made in conformity to the letter
and spirit of the g ms 6itution, which
forms the base on which the political
structure of the nation stands, and as I,
recognize the divine hand in tbs
formation of the Constitution. l am
unable to draw a line etween Gods.
word in reference to mans eternal sal
Walton and his sacred gift to the Con-
stitution, which should govern men in
their social and political relations as
chlldren of one Father and God. This
conception of the greatness and gran
deur of the Constitution is not the out
growth of political teaching, but the re-
suit of high religious education, which
demands recognition of truth where
ever 1t may b3 found. Mormonisni
mas maintained the supremacy of truth,
not only in religion, but in morals and
politi cs alike.
The question before the American
nation to day, in reference to the ad-
mission of Utah as a State, is not a
question of rel gious belief, but rather
question of law. ALI that the govern
meDt demands is a recognition of the
law and obedience to the same. so that
it may say to the people of the United
States: The people of Utah are one
with US IN the recognition of the su-
premacy of the law"
If l have made the matter plain in ref
erence to the spirit and intention of the
gospel of Christ and the sacredness of
the Constitution, l am led to ask what.
and from whence the deadly hate of q
certain class of men in this Territory
against the MormonS. If it be incumbent
upon the MOrmons to be subject to the
laws of the land, is it not equally in
cumbent upon all classes of citizens, or.
must we believe that men who have no
common interest with the genius of
American institutions, and the Chris
tian system will be permitted to under
mine end sap the foundation of Ameri-
can law under the guise of uprooting a
system that is unpopular. There is an
organized body OF men in this Territory
who have labored "by every unlawful
| means to make the people of the
United States believe that the oD
jects and aims of the Mormons
have been to break down and
destroy the institutions of the country.
This is but the cover thrown over the
imbecility and intention of this organ
lied body OF men IN this Territory, who
are fighting, not to maintain the SUI
premacy of the law, bat to subject the
whole American nation to a recogni-
ton of a class of adventures, whose
sole object is power and place, so as to
Cypress people who love the institu-
tons of the country and are fighting TO
maintain them in the spirit and inten-
ton of the same. The American people
have right to refuse the Mormon
belief, yet they should be interested in
maintaining their sacred institutions in
this Territory as we'll as on every other
foot of land owned by the nation.
Every overt act committed against the
genius of American law and institu-
tions should be met with candOr and
equity to all. ANY Indifference in this
direction on the part of the nation Will
only serve to strengthen the hand of
Anarchists, of whatever name or nature.
We believe our habits of temperance
and industry are conditions essential to
a proper understanding of right and
wrong. We admit that political
trickery, wire pulling and Icing to
obtain an end are beneath US, and we
must be pardoned for not affiliating
with political butchers who are striving
to kill the sacredness of Gods gifts to
man. Loyalty, indeed. AS we'll might
men look for loyalty to God in Satan as
look for loyalty among the cons pirators,
or the Liberals, in Utah. 1t might be
said we are too severe. We think not
1t is time that Americans should speak
and show up the men who are being
supported by the voice of the nation.
against people who know their duty
towards others. Ask the men that have
come into our midst where they have,
been wronged. They have grown
wealthy their peaceable and magnificent
homes stand as monuments of the truth
of our statement. The strangers who
visit as wend their way to the mountain
side, and view the landscape DER and
they are filed with rapture. AT what2'
At the desert, that blossoms as the
FOSe. 4Hey rest III peace ana snel1
heated brows are kissed by the pure
mountain air. They rise refreshed, and
were it not for the subtle spirit that
dwells in the hearts CT the political
hacks among as they would recognize
God in all this as we do. Americans,
God has given US this mountain home;
it has been dedicated to God and man.
We have written peace and good will
wherever our feet have trod. Come
and bring with you peace and it will
1--we forever among the Mormons. We
have resisted the political loafer. the
midnight orgies of the harlot, and the
drunkard. We have resisted the
temptation of filthy lucre and
refused to accept it in change
for our Constitutional inherit
ance. This TWentv-Fourth day
of July is the return of the day when
or leaders entered this valley and
Dedicated this land to God and good
men. They raised the standard of the
American nation toward heaven and
bowed in reverence to God and the
sacred emblem of liberty. Some of the
men that did this, our leaders, are
living IN exile, aud are dying away
from their loved ones-not only their
own flesh and blood but their brethren.